Young Writers

 

I MIGHT MARRY RHEA

I MIGHT MARRY RHEA I might marry Rhea: she’s got something in her smile, Life between her teeth, Acrobats inside her eyes. I might marry Rhea, but it...

Literacy

When I was young, we had a picture on our refrigerator of a young girl named Katarina held up by a magnet. She was about 13 years old with long dark...
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MAURICE

MAURICE “Rest your tiny mind On my reconstructed chest And know you’ll be okay. This life’s a test: I’ve wrestled it through compromise And you can...

PLATO (AND HER BABY STEPS)

Plato (And Her Baby Steps) “Do you still find me beautiful?” She asked from in my life, As she put her book of poetry Down by the bedside light...

Like One Of Your Flowers

LIKE ONE OF YOUR FLOWERS Will you press me Like one of your flowers, And keep me inside your little book? If you get lonely And you're running on...

ADAM & STEVE

ADAM & STEVE We're running out of firewood And we've only got the Holy Book left in the pile - It's been there for a while. Through windy streets...

MR MANN (Work in Progress)

MR MANN Mr Mann just landed For talks in Tel Aviv, To speak to leaders trying out their new bombs in the streets. And Mr Mann is adamant That he’s...

LILI

Lili Clouds across the Channel come from deep inside her lungs. The newly born mum, with an uncomplete son. “He won’t hug me, he can’t love me like I...
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IVAN

IVAN She’s out there somewhere, in the carpet. A broken thread, just like horse's hair. I think of her from time to time And that little boy: my only...
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Cherry

The Colourful Room

A flame centres an otherwise barren grey room, accompanied only by a flock of birds barely maintaining flight above. The flame struggles to remember...